North Korea says no negotiations over its nukes

North Korea rarely attends, or is even invited to, global forums like the ASEAN meeting.

Only the foreign minister of the Philippines, the chair of this year's forum sat down with his North Korean counterpart, to convey the ASEAN nations' unanimous warning to North Korea.

As President Donald Trump demanded full and speedy implementation of the new penalties, his top diplomat laid out a narrow path for the North to return to negotiations that could ultimately see sanctions lifted.

"We'll know it when we see it", Tillerson said.

The United States says it will be watching China closely to ensure it fully and continuously implements new U.N. sanctions on North Korea.

Wang spoke to reporters in Manila after meeting with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho on the sidelines of a regional meeting after the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions to punish Pyongyang for its escalating nuclear and missile programs.

The resolution is the sixth on North Korean to be adopted by the Security Council since 2006 (the previous ones are resolutions 1718, 1874, 2087, 2094 and 2270), and despite China having voted in favor of each one, there is scant evidence that it has implemented them robustly. "Neither shall we flinch even an inch from the road to bolstering up the nuclear forces chosen by ourselves unless the hostile policy and nuclear threat of the USA against North Korea is fundamentally eliminated".

"The basic political dynamics remain: China does not want North Korea to crumble, and China craves geopolitical stability above everything else", he said.

On U.S. -led calls to expel Pyongyang from ARF, he said the forum operated on consensus and, for that to happen, all of its 27 members had to be on board. "Foreign ministers want to give ASEAN a strong voice on this issue".

All 10 countries in ASEAN have diplomatic relations with North Korea, including five that have embassies in Pyongyang. The UN estimates the move will cost North Korea $1 billion per year. Repeating a threat made a number of times since the recent intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) tests, Ri said that all of the US was now within striking range of Pyongyang's missiles.

Ahead of the meetings, outspoken Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte branded Kim Jong Un as "crazy" for "playing with risky toys" that endangered the entire region.

Tillerson aide R.C. Hammond says that after a productive first day, Tillerson has taken time to prepare for Day 2.

The Trump administration has threatened to take military action if North Korea does not abandon its missile tests' however, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson raised the prospect of talks August 7 if Pyongyang halts future tests.

He also expects to have discussions on additional topics concerning "threats to all of us and our common response to that" as well as "opportunities that exist among all of those to strengthen relationships".

Tillerson says the US has "other means of communication" open to North Korea if the country wants to express to the USA a desire to talk.

Responding to the ICBM provocation with a show of force, the US and South Korean troops on Wednesday conducted "deep strike" precision missile drills using Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) and the Republic of Korea's Hyunmoo Missile II.

"We will under no circumstances put the nukes and ballistic rockets on the negotiating table", Ri said in a speech to an Asia regional gathering in the Philippines.

At the same time, Washington has issued blunt warnings the USA will use military force if necessary and North Korea has answered in kind.

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